Cover for decanter or like dispensing container

ABSTRACT

Cap for fluid dispensing container has a peripheral wall or skirt attachable at its lower portion to container neck, an open top on the upper portion of the wall defining a peripheral rim, and pouring spout. A closure plate is mounted within the peripheral rim of the cap for movement around an intermediate axis behind the pouring spout, generally centrally of the rim, e.g., by tongue and groove means. Means, e.g., the tongue and groove hinge connection, normally yieldingly maintains a spout closing portion of the plate against seat means on pouring spout located forwardly of said axis. Manual pressure applied downwardly against the plate at a point rearwardly of the axis lifts the spout closing portion from the spout for dispensing fluid from the container. The wall has no handle and is long enough to be grasped by the thumb and at least one finger of a user&#39;&#39;s hand, leaving the index finger free to apply the downward pressure when pouring liquid out of the opened spout.

United States Patent 1191 Alpern 1111 3,853,250 1451 Dec. 10, 1974 COVERFOR DECANTER OR LIKE DISPENSING CONTAINER Melvin Alpern, 9800 McKnightRd.,

Primary Examiner-Robert B. Reeves Assistant ExaminerJoseph J. RollaAttorney, Agent, or Firm-George H. Mortimer [76] Inventor:

Pittsburgh, Pa. 15237 22 Filed: Feb. 4, 1974 [57] ABSTRACT Cap for fluiddispensing container has a peripheral [21] Appl' 439013 wall or skirtattachable at its lower portion to con- Related US. Application Datatainer neck, an open top on the upper portion of the [63] Continuationof Ser. No. 291,874, Oct. 16, 1972, Wall defining 8 Peripheral rim, andPouring Spout A abandoned. closure plate is mounted within theperipheral rim of I the cap for movement around an intermediate axis be-[52] US. Cl 222/517, 222/545, 222/556 hind the pouring spout, generallycentrally of the rim, [51] Int. Cl 867:! 3/00 g, by tongue and groovemeans. Means, e.g., the [58] Field of Search 222/472, 473, 505, 517,tongue and groove hinge connec normally y 222/545, 556, 567, 569, 570,470, 474, 475 ingly maintains a spout closing portion of the plate Magainst seat means on pouring spout located forwardly [56] ReferencesCited of said axis. Manual pressure applied downwardly UNITED STATESPATENTS against the plate at a point rearwardly 0f the axis lifts thespout closing portion from the spout for dispensing 2: fluid from thecontainer. The wall has no handle and is 2 272,867 2 1942Cobel.::....... 2 22/517 x enough to be grasped by the thumb and atleast 2,312,380 3/1943 Bernhardt... 222/517 one finger of a users hand,leaving the index finger 3,201,011 8/1965 Brocken 2'22/517 x free toapply the downward pressure when pouring li uid out of the opened spout.

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SHEET 20F 2 WWW 7 'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII III! II II II 111 I COVER FORDECANTER OR LIKE DISPENSING CONTAINER The present application is acontinuation of my prior application Ser. No. 291,874 filed Oct. 16,1972, now abandoned in favor hereof.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Known prior art types of removable capsemploying movable plates to open and close pouring spouts of liquidcontainers have generally been complicated multipart devices that wereexpensive to manufacture and difficult to keep clean and in workingorder. As an example, a known type of container cap employed an integralprotruding handle to be grasped by the fingers of the users hand inclose proximity to the place of attachment of a cover plate for the capand required provision of a rigid, integral protrusion on the coverplate above and beyond the rim of the attaching ring for opening andclosing the pouring spout by the thumb of the holding hand. The coverplate in this device was made relatively thin to permit bending of theplate between the points of attachment of the protrusion to the coverand of the cover to the cap. Other known related types of cap structureshaving hinged cover plates similarly employed handles and otherprotruding parts which were relatively difficult and expensive toproduce.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a simplehandle free, two piece dispensing cap that is economical to manufactureand assemble, and easy to operate and keep clean, which is adapted foruse on decanters or containers of the type having slender, tubularnecks. The two separately produced pieces or parts are easily assembledfor ready attachment to the neck of the container in fluid tightrelation and have no objectionable protruding parts.

The two pieces of the improved pouring spout cap are each preferablyformed of a suitable plastic material in sectional molds of known types.A base, body or main part of the cap may be generally tubular in shapeprovided with suitable internal means for removably attaching the sametotheneck of a liquid container. The tubular wall has anupper portionhaving an open upper end or top defining an upwardly presentedperipheral rim with an integral pouring spout having an upwardlypresented spout closure seat. A closure plate, received and supported onan axis of movement within said peripheral rim, has a spout-closingextension which is normally biased and seated against said spout closureseat. For convenience of description said extension will sometimes bereferred to as a front portion, the axis of movement as an intermediateaxis and the portion of the cover plate on the side of the intermediateaxis opposite the spout closing portion as the back portion. Aconvenient means for removably and pivotally supporting the plate,biased normally to the closed position thereof, comprises integral lugmeans on the underside of the closure plate projecting into tightreception within slot means extending diametrically across the upperportion of the tubular body, generally centrally or diametrically of thesame yieldingly flexibly to anchor or hinge the plate horizontallywithin the tubular body to maintain the spout closing extension of theplate in'fluid sealing engagement with spout closure seat. Thearrangement is such that, for the purpose of pouring fluid material froma bottle upon which the improved cap is attached, the tubular wall maybe held between the thumb and at least one of the fingers of one hand ina manner to have the index finger, for example, free to depress the backportion of the closure plate at the side of the hinge connection remotefrom spout into the space within the side wall, thereby to pivot thespout closing extension of the closure plate upwardly of the spoutclosing seat, against the resilient connection between the closure plateand the integral lug means of the plate. Upon release of the fingerpressure against the closure plate, the latter will be returned to thespout closing position thereof, by the spring-like resiliency of theconnection of the closure plate to the integral lug means.

Objects of the invention, other than as touched upon above, will bemanifest from the following brief description and the accompanyingdrawings.

Of the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is a side elevation illustrating one form of the pouring spoutcap of the present invention, attached to the tubular neck of a glass orlike fluid container or bottle, showing in dotted lines the hingedconnection of the cover to the body as seen from the end thereof.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the cap shown in FIG. 1, on the same scale,illustrating in dotted lines the mode of hinged attachment of a closureplate to the body of the pouring spout cap as seen from above.

FIG. 3 is a vertical section of a cap having the same structure in theupper portion as the cap illustrated in FIG. 1, but with a modified formof snap-on attachment taken on a vertical plane through the equivalentof line 3-3 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a vertical section of the form of cap shown in FIGS. 1 and 2,taken substantially on the line 4-4 of FIG. 2, on the same scale, andshowing other oradditional means to bias the cover to closed position.

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the cap shown in FIG. 4, on the same scalebut with the closure plate removed to show the internal structure of theupper portion of the cap body.

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the same scale.

.FIG. 7 is a cross-section taken on the line 7-7 of FIG. 6, also on thesame scale.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 7 of the drawings, in general, and to FIGS. 1, 2and 4 in particular, the numeral 10 designates generally a closure capof molded hard plastic, such as polystyrene, including a tubular sidewall or skirt 11 having an upper portion with an open top defining anupwardly presented peripheral rim portion 12 lying in a first horizontalplane, and a forwardly protruding pouring spout 13, providing anupwardly presented curvate seat 14 lying in a second horizontal planeshown slightly below and parallel to the first horizontal plane of theupper edge of the rim portion 12 (see FIG. 1). At an intermediate levelspaced below the curvate seat 14 and across the top of a lower portionof skirt 11 is a transverse wall 15, in parallelism with said horizontalplane and integral with the skirt 11. The wall 15 is provided with anaperture 16, closely adjacent to and the closure plate, on

communicating directly with the inner portion of the spout 13, forpouring purposes. The lower end of pouring spout 13 starts at a pointapproximately at said intermediate level, e.g., just above wall 15 asseen in FIG. 4, from which it, diverge's radially outwardly from andupwardly along the side wall which terminates at the juncture with thespout to provide direct communication through the side wall to aperture16.

Means for attaching the cap to a tubular neck 21, usually circular incross section, of a glass or like container or bottle 17 located in thelower portion of the cap body, usually of cylindrical shape as is theextension thereof in the upper portion, may comprise an integral sleeve18 extending downwardly from transverse wall so as to terminate belowthe upper edge of the neck 21 and defining with the skirt 11 an annulargroove for tight, resilient, fluid-sealing reception of a substantialextent of the tubular neck 21, as best shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4. InFIGS. 1 and 4 sleeve 18 terminates above the bottom edge of tubular wall11. By extension of the lower end portion of the sleeve 18 below thelower end of the tubular wall 11 as seen in FIG. 3, insertion of thecontainer within the groove 20 is greatly facilitated.

Rearwardly of the spout l3, and adjacent to the diametrical or centralaxis of the cap 10 there may be provided a vertical cross-member orpartition wall 22, which is integral with the wall 15 and the skirt 11,and which extends to the aforesaid second horizontal plane in which thecurvate seat 14 at the upper edge of the spout l3 lies. Rearwardlyspaced from and parallel to the wall 22 may be a similar cross-member orwall 23, which may be of lesser height than wall 22. Walls 22 and 23define or form between them a transversely extending groove 24.

A disc-like closure plate 25, preferably molded of the same plastic asthe cap body, is adapted to fit with a slight clearance within thetubular rim portion 12 which-terminates between said first and secondhorizontal planes on the extension of the lines of the outer V-shapedwalls of the top of spout 13 through the side wall 11, as clearly seenin FIGS. 2 and 5, and adapted to rest in horizontal relationship againstthe upper edge 26 of the partition wall when in closed position. Platehas a tapered forward portion or extension 27 conforming in shape to andadapted to rest in fluid-sealing relationship upon the seat 14 of spout13 when in closed position. As clearly seen in FIG. 4, when cover plate25 is in horizontal position closing the upper end of side wall 11 andoverlying spout 13, the liquid contained in a bottle or decanter 17, ifupturned when a cap 10 is affixed thereto as described, would beprevented from flowing outside the cap in any significant quantity bythe fluid tight engagement of neck 21 in the groove or channel 20, bythe sealing contact of cover plate 25 with the seat 14 of spout 13, bythe wall 15 and partition wall 22 integral with walls 15 and 11 whichhas sealing contact with cover plate 25 along its upper edge 26, and bythe narrow space between rim l2 and plate 25. The upper surface of cover25, as shown in FIGS. I and 4, is plane over the major portion of itsarea and conveniently lies in the first horizontal plane at the top ofperipheral rim 12. The lower surface of cover 25 as shown in these sameFigures is plane over the major portion of its areaand lies in thesecond horizontal plane at the top of spout l3 and partition wall 22.The distance between the first and second horizontal planes is thuspredetermined by the thickness of plate 25 which is preferably thickenough to assure good contact of the lower surface with seat 14 and edge26 under the bias or resilient pressure imposed on plate 25 asdescribed.

The closure plate 25 may be pivotally mounted in the cap body so as tobe movable from this sealing position shown in full lines in FIG. 4 tothe open position shown in dash lines. A suitable hinge means may beprovided in the form of at least one and desirably two transverselyspaced lugs or tabs 28, 28 integral with the underside of plate 25 fortight downward reception with the transverse slot 24. Although the lugs28 are conveniently made of the same plastic material as the cap bodyand the closure plate 25, they are dimensioned to be sufficientlyflexible that in cooperation with the shorter groove-forming wall 23,they may be flexed in the manner of a hinge connection upon applicationof downward digital pressure on the rear portion of the closure plate 25to depress it into the space within the side wall 11. This causes plate25 to pivot about the aforementioned intermediate axis to the angularposition shown in dash lines in FIG. 4, and thereby expose the pouringspout opening for pouring purposes. Upon release of the digital pressurethe inherent resiliency of the integral lugs on the cover plate 25return it to closed position.

The above described resilient closing action may be facilitated byproviding the lugs at a suitably slight forward angle to a plane at aright angle to the plane of the plate as seen in FIG. 7. Accordingly,upon pressing the lugs 28 into the slot 24 until the closure plate 25engages the top edge of the forward cross member 23, the forward portionof the plate is yieldingly compressed against the curvate seat 14 of thespout to maintain a tight fluid seal.

In use of the improved cap attached to the neck 21 of a bottle 17containing fluid material, such as a salad dressing, the user may graspthe bottle neck in one hand, in any suitable manner, by which the thumbor index finger may be used to depress the rearward portion of theclosure plate 25 to swing the same axially inwardly of the rim portion12 against the resiliency of the anchored hinge lugs 28, to the tiltedposition of the plate shown in chain-dotted lines in FIG. 2, and therebyto expose the spout opening for pouring liquid therethrough from thecontainer. If the liquid in the container is hot, so that contact of thehand with the neck of the glass bottle during pouring would beuncomfortable, the side wall 11 may be made of grasping length, i.e.,long enough to be grasped between the thumb and at least the finger nextto the index finger of a users hand so that the index finger can openthe cover as described while the container is tilted for pouring withthe hand in contact only with the plastic side wall 11 that acts as aninsulator against the heat.

For cleaning the inside portions of the improved cap 10, the closureplate 25 is readily removable from the cap, as by engaging a fingernailor a thin blade under the plate, to permit disengagement of the hingelugs 28 from the slot 24 (see FIG. 5).

In some instances it may be desirable to include a resilienttonguebetween the rear portion of the plate 25 and the wall 15, e.g., toanchor a blade-type spring 30 to the wall 15 to be yieldingly engaged bythe rear portion of the closure plate 25, as it is depressed, to replaceor bolster the above-described spring action of the resilient hinge lugs28 (see FIG. 4) to bias the plate or cover to closed position.

It is also contemplated that thecap 10 may be attached to the bottleneck 11 by use of a known type of screw-threaded means, in place of thesnap-on type attachment shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4.

With particular reference to FIG. 3, the modified snap-on sleeveattachment 18a, extends below the lower edge of the skirt 11, and isgenerally frustoconical in shape to diverge radially outwardly, as wellas being of appropriately reduced wall thickness toward its lower end,to be relatively rigid but sufficiently flexible to permit yieldingreception of and fluid tight contact with the bottle neck 21 within theannular groove 20. Insertion of the bottle neck 21 within the groove 20is materially facilitated by extension of the snap-on sleeve 18a to atleast a relatively slight extent below the lower edge of the cap skirt11. In other words, the beaded upper edge of the container may beinitially engaged between the lower edge of the cap skirt 11 and theextended portion 18a of the snap-on sleeve, and then the neck 21 of thecontainer is urged up into the groove 20 against the strong resiliencyof the sleeve, thereby to provide a tight, fluid-sealing contact of thesleeve against the inner surface of the neck. The lower portion of theside wall 11 has to have the same cross sectional shape as, and belarger than, the neck of the container and the cross sectional shape ofthe sleeve must be the same as the inner surface of the neck in orderfor the cap and neck to fit together as described with at least aportion, e.g., the lower portion, of the sleeve in tight engagement withthe inner surface of the neck and the side wall having at most arelatively small air space between it and the neck so as to havea goodgrip between the cap and the bottle neck (see FIGS. 3 and 4). i

What is claimed is:

l. A cover for a liquid dispensing container with a neck portioncomprising a cap having a tubular side wall with an open top defining anupwardly extending peripheral rim, a forwardly protruding pouring spoutwith upwardly presented seat means in the upper portion of said sidewall, means in the lower portion of said side wall for attaching saidcap to a container neck portion, a transverse wall at an intermediatelevel spaced below said rim joined to said side wall and having anaperture therein adjacent to said spout, a closure plate received withinsaid peripheral rim having a front portion resting on said seat meansand closing said spout, a partition wall extending upwardly from saidtransverse wall rearwardly of said aperture and entirely across theinterior of said tubular side wall, a second wall extending upwardlyfrom said transverse wall spaced rearwardly from said partition wall andforming therewith an elongated slot, said partition wall having a topedge disposed slightly below said rim to provide a stop engagement forthe bottom of said closure plate when it is closed, said second wallextending upwardly to a level substantially below said plate, and aresilient hinge lug extending from the bottom of said closure plateslidably wedged in said slot whereby a compact dispenser cover for adecanter is provided that may be opened by pressing the rear portion ofthe closure plate downwardly, and resilient means to engage the rearportion of said closure plate yielding biasing it toward closedposition. i

2. A handle free dispensing cap adapted for use on a decanter or likeliquid dispensing container having a straight neck comprising:

a. a tubular side wall of grasping length having spaced lower and upperends including:

l. a lower portion extending downwardly from an intermediate level tosaid lower end adapted to fit over a neck of such container and havingmeans to make fluid tight engagement therewith, and

2. an upper portion extending upwardly from said intermediate level tosaid upper end having an upwardly opening pouring spout;

b. a cover of size and shape to fit entirely within said side wall andclose the upper portion of said cap mounted thereon adjacent to saidupper end'for movement around an intermediate axis behind said pouringspout and between said side wall having:

1. a portion in front of said axis adapted for swinging movement fromone position closing said pouring spout to a second position opening it,and

2. a portion at the rear'of said axis that can be depressed within saidside wall to swing the front portion upwardly from the closed positionto the open position; and

0. means within said side wall resiliently biasing said cover to closeposition.

3. A handle free dispensing cap as set forth in claim 2 in which saidmeans to make fluid tight engagement includes an integral transversewall at an intermediate level in said side wall below said pouring spouthaving an opening adjacent to the spout through which liquid can bedischarged from a container to which the cap is attached.

4. A handle free dispensing cap as set forth in claim 3 in which saidcover has an integral hinge lug extending downwardly at saidintermediate axis, and said transverse wall has integral slot formingwalls extending upwardly behind said opening engaging said hinge lug.

5. A handle free dispensing cap as set forth in claim 3 in which saidmeans resiliently biasing said cover to closed position includes'aresilient tongue between the rear portion of the cover and thetransverse wall.

6.. A handle free dispensing cap as set forth in claim 4 in which theupwardly extending slot forming wall adjacent to the pouring spoutengages the under surface of the cover in its closed position.

7. A handle free two piece dispensing cap adapted for use on a containerhaving a neck of circular cross section comprising:

A. a one piece molded plastic body to be removably affixed to a neck ofsuch container comprising a side wall of grasping length having:

1. a lower cylindrical portion large enough in cross section to fit overthe neck of such container with at most an annular air space of shortradial length between said wall and neck,

2. an upper portion including:

' a. a pouring spout diverging upwardly and outwardly from a lower pointto an upper end, and

b. an upward extension of said lower cylindrical wall portion connectingwith the pouring spout terminating at said open upper end in a planeabove the open upper end of said pouring spout, and

3. means adapted to make fluid tight engagement of said lowercylindrical portion with said neck comprising an integral transversewall extending across the top of said lower cylindrical portion, a wallextending downwardly from said transverse wall to form with said sidewall a groove to receive the upper end of the neck of such container,and a dispensing opening in said trans verse wall adjacent to saidpouring spout inside said downwardly extending wall, and B. a one piecemolded plastic cover of size and shape to fit entirely within said sidewall and close said open ended upper portion pivotally mounted on saidcap on a pivot axis between said side wall behind said pouring spouthaving a front pouring spout closing portion at one side of the pivotaxis and a rear portion at the other side of the pivot axis depressibleinto the space within said side wall, 1. said cover having a generallyflat upper surface lying, in closed position, in said plane.

8. A handle free dispensing cap adapted for use on a' container having aneck comprising:

a. a side wall of grasping length having upper and lower ends and apouring spout in the upper portion,

l. said side wall, except for the pouring spout, having the same crosssectional shape as, but larger than, the neck of such container overwhich it is adapted to fit with at most a relatively small air spacebetween them, i I

2. said pouring spout diverging upwardly and outwardly from its lowerend to its upper end,

3. the upper end of saidside wall terminating in a first plane and theupper end of said pouring spout terminating in a second plane parallelto, but lower than, said first plane by a predetermined distance,

b. a transverse wall integral with said side wall extending across thecap at approximately the level of the lower end of said pouring spouthaving a dispensing opening therein adjacent to said spout,

c. a cover having a size and shape to fit entirely within said side walland close the upper end of said side wall and to overlie said pouringspout and thickness corresponding to said predetermined distancepivotally mounted in said cap,

1. at least the major portion of the upper and lower surfaces of saidcover being plane and, in a closed position, having its upper surface inthe said first plane and its lower plane surface in said second planeand closing'said pouring spout,

2. the axis of said pivotal mounting being behind the spout and betweensaid side wall at an intermediate position of the cover that permits theportion of the cover behind the pivot axis to be depressed within saidside wall to lift the-front portion to open the pouring spout, and d.means to bias the cover resiliently to close posi tion.

1. at least the major portion of the upper and lower surfaces of saidcover being plane and, in a closed position, having its upper surface inthe said first plane and its lower plane surface in saiD second planeand closing said pouring spout,
 1. said side wall, except for thepouring spout, having the same cross sectional shape as, but largerthan, the neck of such container over which it is adapted to fit with atmost a relatively small air space between them,
 1. said cover having agenerally flat upper surface lying, in closed position, in saidplane.
 1. a lower cylindrical portion large enough in cross section tofit over the neck of such container with at most an annular air space ofshort radial length between said wall and neck,
 1. a portion in front ofsaid axis adapted for swinging movement from one position closing saidpouring spout to a second position opening it, and
 1. a lower portionextending downwardly from an intermediate level to said lower endadapted to fit over a neck of such container and having means to makefluid tight engagement therewith, and
 1. A cover for a liquid dispensingcontainer with a neck portion comprising a cap having a tubular sidewall with an open top defining an upwardly extending peripheral rim, aforwardly protruding pouring spout with upwardly presented seat means inthe upper portion of said side wall, means in the lower portion of saidside wall for attaching said cap to a container neck portion, atransverse wall at an intermediate level spaced below said rim joined tosaid side wall and having an aperture therein adjacent to said spout, aclosure plate received within said peripheral rim having a front portionresting on said seat means and closing said spout, a partition wallextending upwardly from said transverse wall rearwardly of said apertureand entirely across the interior of said tubular side wall, a secondwall extending upwardly from said transverse wall spaced rearwardly fromsaid partition wall and forming therewith an elongated slot, saidpartition wall having a top edge disposed slightly below said rim toprovide a stop engagement for the bottom of said closure plate when itis closed, said second wall extending upwardly to a level substantiallybelow said plate, and a resilient hinge lug extending from the bottom ofsaid closure plate slidably wedged in said slot whereby a compactdispenser cover for a decanter is provided that may be opened bypressing the rear portion of the closure plate downwardly, and resilientmeans to engage the rear portion of said closure plate yielding biasingit toward closed position.
 1. A cover for a liquid dispensing containerwith a neck portion comprising a cap having a tubular side wall with anopen top defining an upwardly extending peripheral rim, a forwardlyprotruding pouring spout with upwardly presented seat means in the upperportion of said side wall, means in the lower portion of said side wallfor attaching said cap to a container neck portion, a transverse wall atan intermediate level spaced below said rim joined to said side wall andhaving an aperture therein adjacent to said spout, a closure platereceived within said peripheral rim having a front portion resting onsaid seat means and closing said spout, a partition wall extendingupwardly from said transverse wall rearwardly of said aperture andentirely across the interior of said tubular side wall, a second wallextending upwardly from said transverse wall spaced rearwardly from saidpartition wall and forming therewith an elongated slot, said partitionwall having a top edge disposed slightly below said rim to provide astop engagement for the bottom of said closure plate when it is closed,said second wall extending upwardly to a level substantially below saidplate, and a resilient hinge lug extending from the bottom of saidclosure plate slidably wedged in said slot whereby a compact dispensercover for a decanter is provided that may be opened by pressing the rearportion of the closure plate downwardly, and resilient means to engagethe rear portion of said closure plate yielding biasing it toward closedposition.
 3. A handle free dispensing cap as set forth in claim 2 inwhich said means to make fluid tight engagement includes an integraltransverse wall at an intermediate level in said side wall below saidpourinG spout having an opening adjacent to the spout through whichliquid can be discharged from a container to which the cap is attached.3. means adapted to make fluid tight engagement of said lowercylindrical portion with said neck comprising an integral transversewall extending across the top of said lower cylindrical portion, a wallextending downwardly from said transverse wall to form with said sidewall a groove to receive the upper end of the neck of such container,and a dispensing opening in said transverse wall adjacent to saidpouring spout inside said downwardly extending wall, and B. a one piecemolded plastic cover of size and shape to fit entirely within said sidewall and close said open ended upper portion pivotally mounted on saidcap on a pivot axis between said side wall behind said pouring spouthaving a front pouring spout closing portion at one side of the pivotaxis and a rear portion at the other side of the pivot axis depressibleinto the space within said side wall,
 3. the upper end of said side wallterminating in a first plane and the upper end of said pouring spoutterminating in a second plane parallel to, but lower than, said firstplane by a predetermined distance, b. a transverse wall integral withsaid side wall extending across the cap at approximately the level ofthe lower end of said pouring spout having a dispensing opening thereinadjacent to said spout, c. a cover having a size and shape to fitentirely within said side wall and close the upper end of said side walland to overlie said pouring spout and thickness corresponding to saidpredetermined distance pivotally mounted in said cap,
 4. A handle freedispensing cap as set forth in claim 3 in which said cover has anintegral hinge lug extending downwardly at said intermediate axis, andsaid transverse wall has integral slot forming walls extending upwardlybehind said opening engaging said hinge lug.
 5. A handle free dispensingcap as set forth in claim 3 in which said means resiliently biasing saidcover to closed position includes a resilient tongue between the rearportion of the cover and the transverse wall.
 6. A handle freedispensing cap as set forth in claim 4 in which the upwardly extendingslot forming wall adjacent to the pouring spout engages the undersurface of the cover in its closed position.
 7. A handle free two piecedispensing cap adapted for use on a container having a neck of circularcross section comprising: A. a one piece molded plastic body to beremovably affixed to a neck of such container comprising a side wall ofgrasping length having:
 8. A handle free dispensing cap adapted for useon a container having a neck comprising: a. a side wall of graspinglength having upper and lower ends and a pouring spout in the upperportion,